Shadow Empire

Chapter 711 Return [666+1]
In fact, Lance had not been away from Xinjin City for too long, only two weeks (including the time on the road), and he returned here again.

This time, as soon as Lance got off the train, he saw Tom smiling on the platform.

Lance walked over and shook his hand, "I wasn't expecting that at all!"

Tom shook his hand and patted his arm with his other hand. "You deserve it. You deserve people to pay attention to you now!"

He led Lance outside and said, "There will be a small party tonight, and then you need to discuss the distribution of shares tomorrow morning. The Ministry of Defense will conduct bidding in the afternoon, and a decision must be made before the end of the day."

He lowered his voice a little and said, "You can try harder. This plan was proposed by you, and it has been proven that it can really help the soldiers on the front line."

"As long as it does not exceed 10 percent, Senator can protect your interests."

Lance could understand this sentence. To put it simply, as long as he was not too greedy, Senator Cleveland could ensure that no one could take away his share!
What people fear most is uncontrollable desire.

Greed is also one of the desires.

Although Lance did make outstanding contributions, Senator Cleveland would not pay for his endless greed just because of his contributions.

Lance nodded, "I see."

The two men quickly got into the car, which was Lance's car. His car was transported here, just like every time before.

Before, Tom thought that Lance valued his life a little too much, but after the last shooting incident, he no longer thought that Lance's behavior was unnecessary.

Sitting in the modified car, feeling the heaviness of the door when it was closed, Tom quickly came to his senses. "The soldiers on the front line responded very well after drinking your wine. The Ministry of Defense had been worried about a bad situation."

"When people are in a tense and extreme state of emotion, a tiny spark will..." He gestured with his hands to make an explosion, "Bang!"

"Now your theory has been proven to be correct and you have solved all the problems for them, so..."

Tom couldn't help but exclaimed, "Congratulations, Lance, you've achieved great success!"

Lance reached into his arms and pulled out an envelope and handed it to Tom. Tom knew what was inside and the smile on his face became a little bigger. "You don't have to do this!"

Now it was no longer Lance's wish to push this matter forward, but what help could he provide to Lance.

Now Congress, the military, the Ministry of Defense, and even the Presidential Office are all trying hard to push this matter forward.

There is no need for Lance or Tom to do anything, those people will be more anxious than them!
Because the sooner they start to fully implement it, the sooner they can reap huge benefits!

The Ministry of National Defense had previously planned to increase the number of troops to 700,000, but just three days ago, they had re-planned the plan to more than one million.

One million soldiers means that the monthly military expenditure alone would be at least 200 million. According to Lance's proposal of 50% to 50%, these forces would be able to share 100 million in profits.

The Cleveland Senators can get five million a month.

At this moment, it seems impossible to express the excitement in my heart without swearing a few words!

That's five million, a month!

In an era when the average wage per capita was only 47 or 48 yuan, five million yuan, which meant an income that a person could only earn if he did not eat or drink for 10,000 years, was easily put into the pockets of some people.

Sometimes human society is really unfair and unreasonable.

But this unreasonable society can still function normally.

Driven by such huge interests, even if Lance is completely lying down now, things will develop as planned.

Tom felt a little... embarrassed that the girl gave him some money even though he didn't need any help from her.

Lance raised his hand and held his arm, "Remember what I told you last time?"

Before Tom could say anything, he emphasized, "We are friends!"

"Tom, I want to make a fortune, two to three million a month, so if I give you some, do you think it's too much?"

Tom smiled after listening to it, "It doesn't sound like much...Okay, I accept your kindness!"

He didn't look at it and put the envelope into his arms. He believed that Lance would not give very little, at least not less than the number he gave last time, five thousand yuan.

On the way to the manor he told Lance who the people he was going to meet tomorrow were and some of their backgrounds.

It is worth mentioning that representatives of "Golden Label Wine Industry" will also participate in this bidding and will get a place from it.

They have a slight problem with Lance, but not many people know about it.

The vehicles did not pass through the bustling downtown area, but went directly on the road outside the city. Forty minutes later, the convoy arrived at Senator Cleveland's estate.

As soon as the car stopped, someone opened the door for him. Then a guy who looked older walked to the side of the car with a smile on his face. "Mr. Lance, welcome. The senator is waiting for you in the reception room!" Tom introduced him quickly. "This is... Mr., the chief consultant of the advisory group."

Or perhaps he is the chief of staff of the staff group, but of course this is a bit misleading.

Lance shook hands with him. Since they had never met before, they exchanged a few meaningless pleasantries and followed the chief consultant to the reception room.

When he arrived, Senator Cleveland was already ruled by someone, so when the door of the reception room was pushed open, Senator Cleveland was waiting for him with some people holding glasses of wine.

This is a very grand "waiting ceremony", but as Tom said, when he shows enough value and can bring huge benefits to the senators, the senators will give him corresponding respect.

Federal people are like this, the higher they go, the more realistic they become.

Maybe these people can still talk and laugh with you in the last second, but in the next second when they realize that you are "finished", they will immediately throw away the wine glass in their hands and turn away without mercy.

The next time they need you or you are valuable again, what happened this time will be as if it never happened to them, and they will not be embarrassed.

Watching Lance enter the living room, Tom took the opportunity to go to the bathroom, opened the envelope Lance gave him, and took out the check inside.

Looking at the one in front with five zeros behind it, he couldn't help but whistle.

One hundred thousand yuan is already a lot!
He put the check away safely and a smile appeared on his face. He believed now more than ever that Lance really wanted to be friends with him.

In the reception room, the senator was also introducing some "friends" to Lance.

“You need a formal business, and a formal factory, because it’s a very formal contract.”

"Although the Ministry of Defense will sign contracts with private individuals, you have to find a way to shut up certain people."

"You know, you're not without competition!"

Lance nodded, "Yes, I will take care of this tonight."

The senator was stunned for a moment, then he used his free hand, put the tips of his five fingers together, and pecked his forehead like a chicken's head, "I forgot that Williams and you have a good relationship."

Mayor Williams can resolve company registration issues with just one phone call, even for a company with a long history.

For the federal society, to determine how many years a company has been in operation, one only needs to look at its registration date.

"After the bidding ends tomorrow, Congress will issue you a franchise license, and you can produce alcohol in the factory openly."

When they heard this, the gentlemen around the senator breathed a little faster.

With the implementation of Prohibition, industrial production of alcoholic beverages is no longer allowed in the federal mainland, which actually means that the cost of production has increased and there is no large-scale production.

Being able to produce on a large scale at this time represents huge benefits.

The reason why smuggling of liquor is rampant at present is that the cost of local brewing is too high, but if we can take advantage of the Federation’s excellent industrial level, we can carry out large-scale brewing.

Then the cost of the wine coming out of the Lans factory is likely to be much lower than that of smuggled wine.

The reason they appeared here, holding wine glasses and constantly smiling and laughing, was actually because they hoped to get cheap drinks from Lance later.

Lance seemed to understand why there was such a "welcome ceremony". Seeing that Lance seemed to understand, the senator raised his glass and clinked it with Lance's. "I have an important call. You talk to them."

"Please!"

After Lance finished his drink and watched the senator leave, the people around him became more proactive.

"Mr. Lance..."

He turned around and looked at these people with a meaningful smile on his face.

He spent the night here. There were separate guest rooms in the manor, all with brand new furniture and no signs of having been used by others.

Only rich or noble people could spend the night at the senator's manor, so no matter who spent the night in this house, all the household items in it would be destroyed after he left.

A peaceful and tranquil night.

The next morning, he made an appointment with Major General Bruni and came to the Ministry of National Defense.

After not seeing each other for two or three months, Major General Bruni looked at Lance with something strange in his eyes, as if he was looking at an impossible miracle!
His eyes were filled with disbelief, amazement, envy and all kinds of emotions.

This was the person who had opened up his upper-class society the fastest he had ever seen or heard of, bar none!

After this incident, most of Congress, the entire Department of Defense and the military, and even the President, have heard of his name!

This is not true at all!
(End of this chapter)